"The Greatest Show On Dirt!" The Providence Kickball League (PKL) is the greatest, semi-organized, spectacle of sport in Rhode Island. We get together and throwdown playground-rules kickball every Saturday in the summer, at Dexter Field in the "handsome" section of Providence, RI, for shear glory... and fun.

SUMMER 2018 United We Kick Division

Wins

Losses

1

Muscle Cobra, Inc. (401PKL)

10

0

2

Black Sheep

9

1

3

Trippin’ Marios

7

3

4

The Wolfpack

6

4

5

Dexter Park Captains

6

4

6

Narragansett Baywatch

6

4

7

The Unstoppaballs

6

4

8

Fox Point Booters

6

4

9

Ball 12 For Action

6

4

10

Menace II Sobriety

6

4

11

Meat Sweats

5

5

12

Suck My Kick

5

5

13

Bad Taste

5

5

14

The Glamazons

3

7

15

Jedi Mind Kicks

2

8

16

The Stilettos

1

9

17

C U Next Tuesday

1

9

= Winner

PKL Opening Day 2018!

Saturday

11AM

12PM

1PM

2PM

3PM

4PM

5PM

6PM

MAY
26

Meat Sweats vs Jedi Mind Kicks

Suck vs Black Sheep

Menaces vs Marios

Glamazons vs Stilettos

Captains vs Ball 12

Muscle Cobra vs Ball is Life

Fox Point vs Bad Taste

Wolfpack vs Baywatch

Saturday

12PM

1PM

2PM

3PM

4PM

5PM

JUNE
2

Suck vs Menaces

Tuesday vs Glamazons

Fox Point vs Black Sheep

Bad Taste vs Stilettos

Muscle Cobra vs Meat Sweats

Ball is Life vs Marios

Saturday

12PM

1PM

2PM

3PM

4PM

5PM

JUNE
9

Suck vs Bad Taste

Menaces vs Ball is Life

Jedi Mind Kicks vs Unstoppaballs

Muscle Cobra vs Wolfpack

Baywatch vs Glamazons

Meat Sweats vs Marios

Saturday

11AM

12PM

1PM

2PM

3PM

4PM

5PM

JUNE
16

Wolfpack vs Suck

Tuesday vs Jedi Mind Kicks

Marios vs Captains

Baywatch vs Unstoppaballs

Muscle Cobra vs Ball 12

Stilettos vs Meat Sweats

Black Sheep vs Ball is Life

Saturday

12PM

1PM

2PM

3PM

4PM

5PM

JUNE
23

Suck vs Tuesday

Menaces vs Baywatch

Captains vs Glamazons

Ball 12 vs Fox Point

Unstoppaballs vs Muscle Cobra

Black Sheep vs Meat Sweats

Saturday

12PM

1PM

2PM

3PM

4PM

5PM

JUNE
30

Unstoppaballs vs Ball is Life

Bad Taste vs Menaces

Fox Point vs Suck

Stilettos vs Marios

Muscle Cobra vs Black Sheep

Tuesday vs Baywatch

Saturday

12PM

1PM

2PM

3PM

4PM

5PM

JULY
7

All-Star Game, Home Run Derby, Grudge Match

Saturday

11AM

12PM

1PM

2PM

3PM

4PM

5PM

JULY
14

Jedi Mind Kicks vs Suck

Menaces vs Meat Sweats

Captains vs Black Sheep

Glamazons vs Fox Point

Marios vs Tuesday

Unstoppaballs vs Bad Taste

Ball 12 vs Stilettos

Saturday

11AM

12PM

1PM

2PM

3PM

4PM

5PM

JULY
21

Stilettos vs Menaces

Ball is Life vs Captains

Ball 12 vs Bad Taste

Suck vs Glamazons

Unstoppaballs vs Wolfpack

Fox Point vs Marios

Black Sheep vs Tuesday

Saturday

11AM

12PM

1PM

2PM

3PM

4PM

5PM

JULY
28

Marios vs Unstoppaballs

Ball 12 vs Black Sheep

Captains vs Stilettos

Jedi Mind Kicks vs Fox Point

Glamazons vs Wolfpack

Meat Sweats vs Tuesday

Ball is Life vs Baywatch

Saturday

11AM

12PM

1PM

2PM

3PM

4PM

5PM

AUG
4

Meat Sweats vs Bad Taste

Jedi Mind Kicks vs Ball 12

Black Sheep vs Wolfpack

Stilettos vs Ball is Life

Captains vs Muscle Cobra

Unstoppaballs vs Tuesday

Baywatch vs Fox Point

Saturday

11AM

12PM

1PM

2PM

3PM

4PM

5PM

AUG
11

Jedi Mind Kicks vs Menaces

Suck vs Captains

Tuesday vs Wolfpack

Muscle Cobra vs Stilettos

Ball 12 vs Ball is Life

Glamazons vs Black Sheep

Bad Taste vs Marios

Saturday

12PM

1PM

2PM

3PM

4PM

5PM

AUG
18

Jedi Mind Kicks vs Stilettos

Menaces vs Glamazons

Captains vs Unstoppaballs

Tuesday vs Ball 12

Meat Sweats vs Baywatch

Wolfpack vs Fox Point

Saturday

12PM

1PM

2PM

3PM

4PM

AUG
25

Unstoppaballs vs Menaces

Bad Taste vs Jedi Mind Kicks

Suck vs Muscle Cobra

Marios vs Baywatch

Wolfpack vs Meat Sweats

Saturday

11AM

12PM

1PM

2PM

3PM

4PM

5PM

SEP
1

Wolfpack vs Jedi Mind Kicks

Bad Taste vs Marios

Bad Taste vs Captains

Glamazons vs Ball 12

Glamazons vs Black Sheep

Baywatch vs Muscle Cobra

Ball is Life vs Fox Point

PKL Playoffs 2018

Saturday

12PM

1PM

2PM

3PM

4PM

5PM

SEP
8

Unstoppaballs vs Menaces

Ball 12 vs Fox Point

Wolfpack vs Captains

Black Sheep vs
Menaces

Muscle Cobra vs
Fox Point

Baywatch vs Marios

PKL Championship Saturday 2018

Saturday

11AM

12PM

1PM

2PM

3PM

4PM

8PM

SEP
15

SET
UP

Warm
-Ups

Black Sheep
vs Marios

Muscle Cobra
vs Captains

Jedi vs Tuesday
(Losers Cup)

PKL Championship
1pm vs 2pm

End of 2018 Season Party

End of 2018 Season Party 8pm @ Location TBA

In the beginning Kickball had no rules. Then, after no one could figure out what was going on, a few simple ones were installed. The basic rules of the game derive from baseball, sof333
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333 ll, what-have-you... you know, like running around the bases, tagging runners who steal, not having to tag runners who must advance (only tagging the base), etc... NOT ALL BASEBALL RULES ARE KICKBALL RULES. We play by common sense “Playground rules”. If you really need them written down, we’ll do it next year.

We have 9 kickball-specific rules, handed down for generations from Stan McNabb, PKL High Kommisioner (in exile):

Games are 5 innings or 59 minutes long.

Mercy Rule: To keep games moving, if a team scores 10 runs in one inning, the inning is hereby OVER no matter how many outs there are.

No hitting people in the head. If someone is intentionally tagged in the head in an attempt to make an out, they will not be out, but instead, will advance as if you missed them by a mile.

No “real” pitching. The pitcher’s job is to roll the ball over the plate.

At the plate, four foul balls and you’re out. It’s OK to swing and miss and it’s OK to not swing at all. There are no “balls” or “strikes”, but hit the ball into foul territory four times in a row, and you’re out. End of story.

No stealing. If you lead off, you gotta tag up (touch the base again) if the ball is caught, then you can run (this is an important rule and a lot of people forget it).The Umpires are the law.*

No fighting. If any member of any team gets involved in an on-field physical altercation, that team will be placed at the bottom of standings, regardless of record.

Bribery is encouraged. Open corruption is the only fairness Providence has ever known.

Every team must have at least 1 female player for games.

oh, yeah, and one more... NO WHINING. (And no whining about how we said there were 9 rules and now there are ten.)

* The umpires may deem neccesary to enforce what are referred to as “beer” rules. This is, however, completely up to the discretion of the Ump. Such “beer” rules include penalties for spilling a beer, knocking over someone else’s beer, and the like.

For all you WAKA people...
No, we are not affiliated with WAKA. We won’t pay the dues, we won’t deal with all the extra rules, we won’t buy the WAKA-branded merchandise.
The major difference here is that we use a standard playground ball... 8 and half inches. NOT a ten inch ball, those are horrible. We play by playground rules, but we drink like adults. So, don’t be a hero, and don’t go WAKA, and most of all, don’t be a jerk... play Providence Kickball.

General ConductKickball is sort of a sport. We have a few rules, sure, but let’s not get carried away. THIS IS KICKBALL, PEOPLE. And we are adults playing the game... a game devised to kill time in elementary school gym class. A game so simple that you don’t need enough coordination to hit a ball with a bat, just enough to be able to kick an 8.5 inch red target. Does anyone else think this is funny?

To top it off, we encourage – nay, we demand – kickball theatre. Teams need a theme, and they need to carry it out. If you are a team of Medical Professionals, then you better aid in the birth of a kickball on the field. If you have a team name like the John Barleycorns, well, then you better do something Barleycorney to win the fans love. The whole idea is to have a bunch of silly fun on a sunny summer Saturday, hang out with some friends, have something to talk about the following week and something to look forward to. Let’s all try to remember that.

So, in an effort to state what should be obvious, here are our additional hopes, dreams, and aspirations:

NO WHINING... we’ll say it again. No one likes a sore loser, especially if you are mad about losing a game of KICKBALL.

Respect the field... pick up your garbage, clean up after yourselves, and support the local businesses.

Try to respect the standing laws of the state... this includes the Open Container rule as well as the public nudity and lewd conduct rules currently in place.

If any member of any team gets involved in an on-field physical altercation, that team will be placed at the bottom of standings, regardless of record.

Your kickball “character” can be a jerk, but keep it directed at other kickball players. Kickball theatre should not involve the public when possible. Like a train wreck, some people are drawn in by the spectacle, but they would be pretty upset if they got smattered with fake blood or hit in the head with a kickball in the process.

Mad Dog and Pedro will always have a place in kickball... as initiation for new teams. They have much to teach, and we want to be sure that they continue to play as long as Kenny can continue to afford the countless knee surgeries.

Have fun, and remember, NO WHINING

End of Season / Eliminator Procedure
Ok, so we like to have fun, but the league still has to have its winners and losers. Luckily, we have plenty of both. Here is how it goes down in the final weeks:

Championship Saturday: The winner of the 2 seed, 7 seed, and 10 seed plays the winner of the 3 seed and the 6 seed. Then the winner of the 1 seed, 8 seed, and 9 seed plays the winner of the 4 seed and the 5 seed. Then those winners play each other. Pretty simple. The winner is the Champ.

There is usually a break of sorts to let the two winning teams catch their breaths. During the last few years this has been an open battle of the ...

Festival of Losers: affectionately named the "loser's cup" The last place team from each Division face off for the overly complicated Festival of Losers. The game can be played in other eclectic ways, at the discretion of the commissionor.

PKL Championship: This game is much anticipated, but not complicated in any respect. The two best teams square off to determine who shall reign supreme until the following season.

The Providence Kickball League (PKL) is the greatest, semi-organized, spectacle of sport in Rhode Island. We get together and throwdown playground-rules kickball every week in the summer, at Dexter Field in the "handsome" section of Providence, RI, for shear glory... and fun.

Games are held every Saturday at the beautiful Dexter Field (Armory Park). It's next to that huge castle looking thing. Located at the corner of Parade Street And Hudson Street in Providence, RI. Come by. Bring a chair and hang out under the trees. Listen to the announcers try to make sense of it all.

Few teams have seen the coveted Stephen Olney Cup, let alone sucked sweet nectar from its teat. To celebrated few, the presentation of the Cup must surely mark a highlight in their otherwise pathetic existences. To the victors!

Ah... the Loser’s Cup. To the deserving go the pissy warm taste of failure. We hope you were able to have fun all season while losing all the time, makes it hurt a little less. At least you could beat the worst team in the league, but hey, that’s not saying much.

Remember how we said we are a “semi-organized” sport? Well, the Providence Kickball Kommission (PKK) is a loose affiliation of semi-organized volunteers who donate their time to make sure that everyone gets to have fun. We do this for the love, y’all. So if you have a problem, or wanna find something out, drop us a line at sean@revivalbrewing.com.

WE WANT YOU!
Hey, wanna make the league run smoothly? Have a kick-ass idea but feel like no one is listening? Well, stop crying in your beer and making comments to your friends and volunteer to make the league better. We need your energy, cuz there is only so long that we’ll put up with this crap. Get in touch with the PKK to find out how to help.